Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
trinketed
simple past tense and past participle of trinket
• reknitted
Source: Wiktionary
Trin"ket, n. Etym: [F. trinquet foremast, also, a certain sail, trinquette a triangular sail, or Sp. trinquete triangular.] (Naut.)
Definition: A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard. Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket warily in our hands. Hakluyt.
Trin"ket, n. Etym: [OE. trenket a sort of knife, hence, probably, a toy knife worn as an ornament; probably from an Old French dialectic form of trenchier to cut. Cf. Trench, v. t.]
1. A knife; a cutting tool. Tusser.
2. A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.
3. A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
Trin"ket, v. i.
Definition: To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue. [Obs.] South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.